# ficar
## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* ficare

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈka(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Syllabification: fi‧car

### Verb

ficar
* (transitive) to insert, to put in
    Fica las cosas dintro d'ixa caixa. ― Put the things in that box.

### Further reading

* “ficar”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* aficar

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fiˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fiˈkaɾ]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)
* Homophone: ficà
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

ficar (first-person singular present fico, first-person singular preterite fiquí, past participle ficat)
* (transitive) to insert, to put in
    Synonyms: introduir, metre, posar
    Fica les coses dins aquella capsa. ― Put the things in that box.
* (pronominal) to meddle, to interfere
    Synonym: entrar
    No t'hi fiquis si no t'ho demanen. ― Don't get involved if they don't ask you to.

#### Derived terms

* ficar el nas

### Further reading

* “ficar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ficar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “ficar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ficar, from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of fincar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈkaɾ/ [fiˈkɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: fi‧car

### Verb

ficar (first-person singular present fico, first-person singular preterite fiquei, past participle ficado)
* (intransitive) to remain; to be left
** 1281, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 76:Et depoys de uossa morte fique este casar sobredito a uosso fillo Lourenço et a una persona que uos nomeardes a uosso passamentoAnd after your death, this said farmhouse will be left to your son Lourenzo and to a person that you'll appoint at the moment of your decease
    Synonym: quedar
* (transitive) to thrust, drive
** c. 1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 104:
    Et cõ grande omjldade foy ficar os geollos ante o altarAnd with great humbleness he came before the altar and kneeled [lit. "he drove his knees"]
    Synonym: espetar
* (copulative) to become; to get; to end up
    Synonym: quedar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* fito

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ficar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ficar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ficar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ficar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ficar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ficar (also fincar), from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of fincar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fiˈka(ʁ)/ [fiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fiˈka(ʁ)/ [fiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /fiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fiˈka(ʁ)/ [fiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fiˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fiˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fiˈka.ɾi/
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)

### Verb

ficar (first-person singular present fico, first-person singular preterite fiquei, past participle ficado)
* (copulative) to become; to get; to end up
    Eu vou ficar rico. ― I’ll get rich.
    Ficamos com nojo daquela comida. ― We were disgusted by that food.
    Eu fiquei sem dinheiro. ― I ended up without any money.
* (intransitive) to be, to be located [with em or another locational preposition ‘in a fixed location’]
    Synonyms: localizar, ser
    A casa dela fica na esquina desse quarteirão. ― Her house is on the corner of this block.
    Londres fica no sul da Inglaterra. ― London is in the south of England.
* (intransitive) to stay (at); to remain (in) [with em ‘a location’]
    Ela não quis vir, ficou em casa. ― She didn’t want to come, she stayed home.
** 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo, Rocco, page 514:E quantos serão bastante tolos para ficar longe de mim?And how many will be foolish enough to stay away from me?
* (intransitive) to remain (to be left over)
    Synonym: sobrar
    Só ficaram algumas migalhas. ― Only a few crumbs remained.
* (intransitive) to stay (to remain in a particular place) [with em ‘a location’]
    Fiquei três dias em Munique. ― I stayed three days in Munich.
* (figurative, intransitive) not to go any further
    Synonym: parar
    A discussão fica por aqui. ― The discussion stops here.
* (auxiliary) forms the habitual aspect [with gerund]
    João fica lendo o dia inteiro. ― John keeps reading the whole day.
    Eu ficava falando besteira. ― I kept saying nonsense.
* (intransitive, Brazil, slang) to have a one-night stand (sexually) [with com ‘with someone’]

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ficar.

#### Derived terms

* ficante
* ficar atrás
* ficar de
* ficar de fora
* ficar para
* ficar para a titia
* ficar por isso mesmo
* não ficar para trás

#### Related terms

* ficação
* fincar
* fixar
* fixo

#### Descendants

* → Guianese Creole: fika
** Karipúna Creole French: fika

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ficar (also fincar), from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of hincar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈkaɾ/ [fiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: fi‧car

### Verb

ficar (first-person singular present fico, first-person singular preterite fiqué, past participle ficado)
* (obsolete, intransitive) to stay
    Synonym: quedar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “ficar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10